Two Windows Boot Manager entries in BIOS

Question

I made an unsuccessful attempt to clone my HDD onto an SSD so the SSD would become my boot drive. In my botched attempts to try to get the SSD to boot I've somehow ended up with two 'Windows Boot Manager' entries under 'UEFI Boot' in the BIOS. I can still boot into Windows OK using my original drive but how can I delete this new BIOS entry and how do I know which entry is the original and which is the new?

ArtieFufkin · Accepted Answer

Thanks for the response but that's not it, the SSD isn't currently physically installed but the two entries remain. I even tried it with neither drive installed and the two entries were still there. I tried flashing the BIOS hoping that it would revert to it's original state but it stayed the same.

KentuckyRanger · Answer

I think I'm following what you did and what it sounds like is the BIOS wants you to chose the boot drive because it detects 2 operating systems on 2 different drives. The new would be the one on the SSD and the original would be on the HHD. It sounds like the simple answer would be to change the BIOS setting to boot from the SSD and after you get your system running to delete the data on the HHD containing the old version of windows.

It's not much of an answer but I hope it helps.

ArtieFufkin · Answer

I managed to remove the offending entry, I used EasyUEFI if anyone's interested.

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Two Windows Boot Manager entries in BIOS

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